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g FABRIC Filed March 5, 1949 Patented Mar. 21, 1950 FABRIC Ralph H. Cutler, Morristown, N. J., assignor to Raycrest Mills, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of Rhode Island Application Maren 5,1949, serial No. 79,855

1 Claim. (Cl. 139-426) f This invention relates to a new fabric.

The object of the invention is to provide a fabric for summer suitings which is attractive in appearance and resistant to wrinkling and is at the same time washable.

Cotton cord fabrics have been used for summer suitings but are by no means satisfactory for this purpose since their appearance is somewhat rough and since they wrinkle very easily. Subsequently rayon cord fabrics were used for summer suitings. Their appearance was more attractive than that of the cotton cord fabrics but they had the disadvantage of not being washable.

I have discovered that, by using in a cord fabric two different kinds of synthetic fibre, one of which has great wet strength but cannot be fastdyed, and the other of which has little wet strength but can be fast-dyed, it is possible to provide a fabric which has an attractive appearance, is free from wrinkling, and provides suits which can be washed without changing their appearance or their shape.

A fabric made in accordance with my invention has a warp containing cotton threads and fast-dyed rayon threads and a filler consisting of heat-treated, undyed, nylon threads. The fabric retains its shape and size on Washing because the cotton and nylon threads running at right angles to each other both have great wet strength. The rayon threads have little Wet strength but are retained in" place by the other threads and, being fast-dyed, contribute a pattern which is not altered or faded by washing.

In order to explain my invention more fully, I will describe the specific cord fabric which is shown in the accompanying' drawing, which is a highly magnified view of a portion of the fabric.

The warp of the fabric, which extends vertically in the drawing, consists of cotton threads, which may be undyed, interspersed with fastdyed threads of rayon filament yarn. To provide a cord fabric, a number of cotton threads, for example three, as shown in the drawing, are placed adjacent each other in the warp. Between each group of cotton threads are several fastdyed rayon threads, for example six, as shown in the drawing. These threads may consist of vat-dyed viscous rayon filament yarn or solutiondyed acetate rayon lament yarn.

The filling consists of undyed nylon filament yarn. The cord effect is obtained by passing the filler over or under each assembly of cotton threads as a group and then passing it over and under the dyed rayon threads individually.

After the fabric has been woven, it is subjected tothe usual finishing process in which is included heat-treatment of the nylon filament by hot calendering which stabilizes the nylon filament so that the length ofthe nylon yarn and the width of theifabric do not change on wetting and drying. The length of the fabric is stabilized by the cotton threads and these also have the eifect of giving the fabric the absorbent characteristics desired in summer suitings. One the other hand, the presence of synthetic filaments running in opposite directions gives the fabric the smooth and even appearance desired in suitings.

It should be-understood that my invention is not limited to a fabric presenting the particular design shown in the drawing.

What I claim is:

A woven cord fabric for summer suitings having a warp consisting of groups of cotton threads alternating with groups of fast-dyed rayon lament threads and a filler consisting of heattreated nylon filament yarn passing over and under the groups of cotton threads and over and under the rayon threads individually,

, RALPH H. CUTLER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,298,071 Smith Oct. 6, 1942 2,329,452 Bloch Sept. .14, 1943 2,423,366 Bloch July 1, 1947 2,444,903 Van Buren July 6, 1948 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 612,496 France Aug. 2, 1926 

